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52 Games Challenge 2024!!!!!
shfan:
Previous Years
2023 - 37 beaten, 14 tried and discarded
2021 - 18 beaten, 9 tried and discarded
2020 - 33 beaten, 20 tried and discarded
2019 - 45 beaten, 34 tried and discarded
2018 - 44 beaten, 41 tried and discarded
2017 - 37 beaten, 9 tried and discarded
2016 - 21 beaten
Games beaten
01] Geneforge 1 - Mutagen (STM, 2021) |2 Jan| Remake of a game from 20 years ago, still lo-fi but still delicious and with modern compatibility, nice.
02] FlipWitch - Forbidden Sex Hex (STM, 2023) |5 Jan| Extremely naughty metroidvania, excellent music and SNES-style graphics, well designed, liked it.
03] We Love Katamari REROLL (STM, 2023) |10 Jan| Another favourite from wayback re-jigged, had fun. Good start to the year but can't get complacent.
04] Livestream 2: Escape from Togaezuka Happy Place (STM, 2023) |20 Jan| Adventure/survival horror where cute anime livestreamers get pursued by a crazed orangutan mascot in an abandoned shopping mall.
05] Stasis: Bone Totem (STM, 2023) |2 Feb| Quantum leap ahead of its predecessor, excellent horror adventure.
06] Kirby and the Forgotten Land (NSW, 2022) |25 Feb| Easy but nonethless another work of art from Nintendo.
07] Rain on Your Parade (STM, 2021) |5 Mar| Task-based fun mixed with a little sandbox and score attack for flavour, nice.
08] Age of Empires III: DE - The African Royals (STM, 2021) |8 Mar| Interesting new battles and civs, divisive for the multiplayer crowd but that's not me :)
09] Remothered: Broken Porcelain (STM, 2020) |12 Mar| Survival horror, a broken mess which I won't be replaying, nonetheless it was an interesting experience.
10] The King of Dragons (STM, 2022) |15 Mar| Beautiful retro beat 'em up.
11] Wife Quest (STM, 2021) |18 Mar| Comical grumpy Wonderboy type game, save that husbando!
12] Maneater (STM, 2021) |27 Mar| Managed to outstay its welcome despite its relatively brief playthrough, these open-world games really do grind my gears, not even being able to scoff screaming hoomans relieved the dullness.
13] Knights of the Round (STM, 2022) |1 Apr| Another favourite beat 'em up.
14] Earth Defense Force 4.1 Wingdiver the Shooter (STM, 2018) |10 Apr| Gets a lot of hate but I enjoyed this SHMUP in railshooter clothing, a lot!
15] Dungeons 4 (STM, 2023) |26 Apr| Pretty samey but nonetheless enjoyed it, a test for my new non-potato PC :D
16] Dungeon Vixens: A Tale of Temptation (STM, 2024) |29 Apr| Dungeon crawler with bonus monster girls to .. er.. interact with <.< educational.
17] Cadillacs and Dinosaurs (EMU, 1993) |27 May| One of my all-time favourite arcade games, good to revisit.
18] Donut County (STM, 2018) |2 Jun| Relaxing inverted Katamari with a cheeky raccoon, not bad.
19] There's No Dinosaurs (STM, 2024) |8 Jun| Monochrome 'Where's Wally' game where you look for dinosaurs.
20] Fingun (STM, 2022) |29 Jun| Cheeky boss-rush shmup, fun little game. Now running a full month of games behind 0.0
21] Fearmonium (STM, 2021) |17 Jul| Extremely high quality indie metroidvania, loved it.
22] Trick & Treat (STM, 2016) |24 Jul| Fun free download RPG Maker game.
23] Earth Defence Force 6 (STM, 2024) |14 Aug| Massive, not quite as fun as its predecessor but still very glad to have it and to have played it through, Ranger play-through on normal.
24] Captain Firehawk and the Laser Love Situation (STM, 2024) |20 Aug| Sexy SHMUP that was indeed both.
25] Geneforge 2 - Infestation (STM, 2024) |22 Aug| Excellent remake, loved it.
26] Cadillacs and Dinosaurs (EMU, 1993) |26 Aug| and again, why not? Darn, at the halfway point nearly 3/4 of the way through the year :/
27] Marfusha:Sentinel Girls (STM, 2021) |3 Sep| Interesting little static shooty-game with anime girls at war.
28] Monster Run: Downfall of the Empire (STM, 2024) |11 Sep| Kinda beat 'em up monster cat game, very addictive to mow down mobs and knock down defences.
29] The Excavation of Hob's Barrow (STM, 2022) |13 Sep| Solid, well-voiced retro point 'n click adventure game, enjoyed it very much.
30] Maiden Cops (STM, 2024) |23 Sep| Streets of Rage 2 with added blocking and all enemies and player characters are monster-girls etc with large.. eyes. That's a yes from me!
31] Book of Demons (STM, 2018) |28 Sep| Third playthrough, this time with the mage. Beaten with all 3 characters now. Not giving up on hitting 52 this year.
32] Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse (NSW, 2023) |30 Sep| Got to beat this one at last, owned it on Wii for years before picking up the Switch version to be able to play in English.
33] Omusubi (STM, 2024) |4 Oct| Sad but beautiful dialogue-focused 2D horror game, heavy on the Japanese mythology, love and running away from fleshy monster things.
34] Yokai Art: Night Parade of One Hundred Demons (STM, 2022) |31 Oct| Didn't realize I'd finished this till the achievement popped. Plants Vs Zombies with Japanese mythology and naughty yokai.
35] EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 6 - Additional Mission Pack 1 Lost Days (STM, 2024) |3 Nov| Short and sour, not a brilliant mission pack at all.
36] Cotton Reboot! (NSW, 2021) |14 Nov| Nice horizontal shooter.
37] Cotton Fantasy (NSW, 2021) |15 Nov| OK.
38] Sea of Radiation II (STM, 2024) |14 Dec| Overhead Feeding Frenzy with mutating sea critters, great fun.
Games Tried/Disliked/Got Rid Of
01] Delivery from the Pain: Survival (STM, 2019) |3 Jan| Zombie survival stealth/base building, not bad but it had shown all its cards within a couple of hours. Apparently a converted mobile game which would explain the limitations.
02] Super Bullet Break (NSW, 2022) |31 May| Ultra-stripped back turn-based RPG combat with deckbuilding. Didn't like it at all.
03] The Knight Witch (NSW, 2022) |31 May| Bullet-hell/SHMUP mixed with metroidvania, hated the character art, hated the 'penned by a 16 year old' dialogue, hated the gameplay. So much yuck.
04] Toki (STM, 2019) |11 Sep| Seems to be a very faithful remake, looks and plays nice, it's just that I didn't play Toki back in the day and this is just too old skool for me now.
05] Princess Peach: Showtime (NSW, 2024) |7 Oct| Was not expecting to be bailing on a Nintendo game, but this one is unplayable. Constant needless dialogue from identikit NPCs and constant breaks in flow means it feels more like a mini-game grab-bag even within individual stages. Big bad didn't even have any reason to be there except "because". Dreadful!
undertakerprime:
Despite not completing my first game last year until February, I ended up blowing past 52. I was almost there in September, so I took it easy the rest of the year. Knocked off a portion of my backlog too, as well as discovering a new appreciation for games I had given up on, like Persona 5 and Hollow Knight. New year is currently also starting slow, with me being addicted to Lies of P, my first Soulslike. We’ll see what happens.
Current backlog:
Persona 5
Tales of Arise
Final Fantasy X-2 Remaster
Panzer Dragoon Remake
Sonic Mania
Salt & Sanctuary
The Last Faith
Dragon’s Dogma Dark Arisen
Dragon Age Inquisition
Scott Pilgrim vs The World: The Game
Ginga Force
Nier Automata
Currently playing:
Dragon Quest XI S
Batman Arkham Knight Remaster
Dragon Age Inquisition
Ginga Force
1. Lies of P (PS4) 1/31/24
2. Batman: Arkham Asylum (via PS4 Batman Arkham Collection) 2/13/24
3. Batman: Arkham City (via PS4 Batman Arkham Collection) 3/1/24
4. Super Street Fighter II (arcade, via PS4 SF Anniversary Collection) 3/24/24
5. Afterimage (PS4) 3/27/24
6. Street Fighter Alpha 2 (arcade, via PS4 SF Anniversary Collection) 3/28/24
7. Samurai Shodown 2019 (PS4) 3/29/24
8. Natsuki Chronicles (PS4) 3/31/24
9. Streets of Rage 4 (PS4) 5/24/24
10. P.O.W. (Arcade, via PS4 SNK 40th Anniversary Collection) 6/20/24
11. P.O.W. (NES, via PS4 SNK 40th Anniversary Collection) 7/8/24
12. Sengoku 3 (Neo Geo, played on PS4) 7/17/24
13. Golden Axe II (Genesis Mini 2) 8/3/24
14. Shadow Dancer (Genesis Mini 2) 8/3/24
15. Eschatos (PS4) 8/6/24
justin8301:
Reserved, Giving it another go.
Heres a question... for the purposes of these challenges, how do you guys handle a game that was started in the end of one year and then finished in the beginning of the next?
kamikazekeeg:
--- Quote from: justin8301 on December 27, 2023, 12:42:25 pm ---Reserved, Giving it another go.
Heres a question... for the purposes of these challenges, how do you guys handle a game that was started in the end of one year and then finished in the beginning of the next?
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There's no rules or anything to this, it's all personal choice, I usually count games I started in the previous year, but finished in the new if I at the very least put a few hours into the game to finish it. I did that with God of War: Ragnarok earlier this year.
justin8301:
--- Quote from: kamikazekeeg on December 27, 2023, 04:03:47 pm ---There's no rules or anything to this, it's all personal choice
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Kinda what I had figured, was just curious to see what other people do so i can make up my mind lol
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